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Sophia Bush is able to share new particulars about her relationship with soccer participant Ashlyn Harris. In her self-written Glamour cowl story printed on Thursday, April 25, Sophia, 41, recalled the second her friendship with Ashlyn, 38, become one thing extra.
It started in the summertime of 2023 when the actress was separated and planning to file for divorce from Grant Hughes.
“Teams of ladies in my life began opening up about points they have been going by means of in their very own properties,” Sophia wrote. “It appeared like each week there have been extra of us, together with Ashlyn, whom I’d first met in 2019 and who was within the means of determining her personal break up from her spouse.”
In August 2023, Sophia formally filed to finish her marriage to Grant. One month later, Ashlyn filed for divorce from Ali Krieger after practically 4 years of marriage.
In her essay, Sophia assured readers that there was no dishonest. As a substitute, she merely checked out Ashlyn as a pal with a “huge, pleased life.” However because the pair continued to open up about their splits, issues started to alter.
“It took me confronting a number of issues, what felt like numerous periods of remedy, and a few prodding from family members, however ultimately I requested Ashlyn to have a non-friend-group hold to speak,” Sophia stated. “And that meal was 4 and a half hours lengthy and actually some of the surreal experiences of my life to this point.”
Sophia and Ashlyn made their first public look as a pair on the Elton John AIDS Basis’s annual Oscars viewing celebration in March 2024. Whereas the “Work in Progress” podcast host acquired assist from family and friends, some members of the general public weren’t so variety.
“Individuals wanting in from the skin weren’t privy to simply how a lot time it took, what number of painful conversations have been had,” she wrote. “What felt like seconds after I began to see what was in entrance of me, the web rumor mill started to spit within the ugliest methods. There have been blatant lies. Violent threats. There have been accusations of being a home-wrecker. Those who stated I’d left my ex as a result of I out of the blue realized I needed to be with girls—my companions have identified what I’m into for so long as I’ve (in order that’s not it, y’all, sorry!).”
Whereas Sophia stated that she hates the notion of getting to come back out in 2024, the actress defined that she’s at all times identified that “my sexuality exists on a spectrum.”
“Proper now I feel the phrase that finest defines it’s queer,” she continued. “I can’t say it with out smiling, truly. And that feels fairly nice.”